Al busily fussed with his hair in his bathroom mirror, running a comb through it this way and that as he tried to determine what looked the leat bedraggled. Sure, he could go out and get a haircut, or maybe get it styled, but it was already getting close to noon, and he had promised to take her out no later than one. He gave an exasperated sigh as he settled for binding it back in a ponytail for the time being. not the most optimal solution, but passable, in his opinion.

He wished his hair was as manageable as Tia's. so long and soft, and it just naturally flowed, never seeming to tangle or mat no matter what she put herself through during the day. he had seen her spill an entire bowl of pancake batter in her mane and simply pull the batter off with her telekinesis and leave it looking just as pristine as before.

God, she was so....something. There was just something about her, the way she always seemed to be able to keep herself looking put-together despite basically acting as a mom and a maid all rolled into one for all these years. Honestly, he felt sort of bad about it at times. Her natural warmth and regal airs made her seem like she was destined for far better things than looking after a child her entire life.

Then again, she often chided him for that sort of thinking, as he had been reminded earlier today. The fact that she honestly wouldn't trade her lot in life for a higher calling was...reassuring in its way. it made him feel special that there was someone in the world that cared that deeply for him.

Fuck, was that what having actual parents felt like?

Anyway, moving on to more pleasant thoughts once more. He was honestly looking forward to this afternoon. Even if the date did not go the way Tia was hoping it would, He was more than happy to spend some quality time with her again. They had agreed to go out and see a movie together. A pretty retro sort of date, but Tia was a bit of a sucker for old-time stuff like that. Fair enough given her being modeled off of a very old-timey mare indeed.

After fussing with his hair, he took another look at his selected outfit. he had decided to wear a simple long-sleeved purple dress shirt and a pair of black slacks. Nothing too stuffy for the venue, in his opinion, but enough to show that he cared to put in the effort to look nice, to show her that he understood that this was important to her.

Once he was properly groomed and dressed, he decided to go and check on Tia and see what she was up to. He found himself wondering exactly what she would be doing to prepare for their afternoon out of the house. he approached the door to her room and knocked softly, calling out to her. "Hey Tia, just wanted to let you know I finished getting ready for our date."

"Oh, good! just a minute, I was just putting on a few finishing touches." She said through the door in a more chipper tone than he had heard from her in some time. he smiled softly as he stepped back from the door, satisfied with how pleased she seemed to be about the whole affair as he waited for her to open the door.

And soon enough, she did. and she looked wonderful.

She had not done too much mind you. But it was more an accumulation of small things that made a big difference. She had put most of her mane and her entire tail up into rather cute, stylish buns. Her coat was freshly brushed and smelled lightly of nutmeg in addition to her usual scent of vanilla bean, She had put on a bit of light pink eye shadow and a bit of eyeliner as well, just a touch to complement her coats natural highlights, and she had opted to wear a set of tight-fitting leggings that accentuated her graceful legs and drew attention up the body towards the flanks in a flattering manner. A wonderfully casual ensemble for a casual evening. Pn her sides was a set of saddlebags to carry anything she might need while out of the house.

"How do I look Al?" she asked him in a tone that attempted to come off as casual. he could see it in her eyes though, that persistent, slightly nervous searching look that told him she sought his approval.

Fortunately for them both, he would have happily given it even if she had not had that look in her eyes. He was blushing quite heavily as he took her in. The poor thing had honestly not been this blown away by her since he was very young, and had had that sort of picture of her in his mind as a benevolent force that made things better just by being around. he smiled down at her, placing a hand on the back of her neck and rubbing softly. "You look absolutely wonderful Tia."

She chuckled softly, visibly relaxing at both his approving words and the gentle physical contact. "Well thank you. You certainly clean up nicely, yourself," she said, looking him up and down slowly with a look on her face he had not really seen on her before. Less the look of an approving mother, and much more so the expression of a woman pleased with her company for the evening before she smiled at him normally again "it looks like we both decided to put our hair back, huh?" she asked, making a bit of small talk as she gestured with her head towards the hallway and started to walk, with him following beside her shortly after.

A quick call later, they had an autocab pull up to their location, the sleek, grey windowless pod opening via a sliding door on the side to reveal a spacious, comfortable interior suited to accommodate the two of them.. A small chime sounded out before a speaker crackled to life. "Uber Technologies thanks you for using UberAuto for your transportation needs. You will arrive at your destination in approximately thirty minutes."

He allowed her to board first, so she could get comfortable. These transports were, of course, generally not made with quadrupeds in mind, Even in this day and age bio droids of such a configuration were relatively few that required a full seat in such a vessel. As he slid in next to her and the door closed, she gently rested her head against his shoulder and curled up on the seats beside him.

The vessel began to move shortly after, with soft, innocuous elevatoresque music playing in the background as they sped towards their destination.

Celestia was the one to break the silence "Soooo....Al, how are you feeling about this so far?" she asked, gently placing a hoof on his thigh in a comforting manner as she looked over at him. "if you feel uncomfortable at any time, you know you can ask to just go home right? I don't want to make you feel like you have to tough it out for me."

He looks over to her and shakes his head, smiling "No, no, everything is fine, Tia, really. I feel....good about this, I think. I think it will be good for us to go out and do something together again. You uh, look really great today, by the way." he says softly, trying to think. What sort of things did people do on dates again? he decided a good move would be to gently take her hoof into his hands, humming as he absent-mindedly ran his fingertips over the soft frog on the bottom of it.

This got a soft gasp from her and a bit of a blush as well as she squirmed slightly "A-al. I am sure you did not know, but a Ladies frog is fairly s-sensitive..." She said softly as she looked up at him, slightly flustered by the unexpected touch.

he was of course, a little embarrassed about it to say the least. he did not release his hand from her hoof, but did stop tracing his finger along the offending area "Oh! Sorry Tia, I didn't know..." he said quickly, giving her an apologetic smile.

"Oh no, no it's fine, really," she said softly, giving him a reassuring smile and leaning in to nuzzle his cheek. "Here, how about we pass the time in a productive way. I can give you an overview of the areas on my body that touching may elicit a...reaction. aside from eh obvious few of course."

They both had a nervous little chuckle at that, and he slowly nodded, Uber hadn't been legally allowed to put video cameras in their autocabs ever since they lost that massive lawsuit to John McAfee back in 2029, so the worst that might happen is that they might trigger a heart rate sensor and be asked if they needed assistance if he got too nervous. "Alright, I guess that would probably be a good idea. I usually just touch your neck and back areas so if I'm going to be trying to be more uh, physically affectionate, it would be good to know where to avoid in public."

"My thoughts exactly," she said as she smiled up at him in a satisfied manner. her horn lit up, capturing his hands in its golden aura. "Now then, aside from my frogs and the er...obvious places it may not be appropriate to touch a lady in public, there are three places you should be careful of." she said, slowly bringing his hands to different destinations on her body "one is my horn. Especially around the base or when I am using magic, there are a lot of nerve endings there. And the same at the base of my wings, where the Fuga Clavem nerve cluster connects them to the rest of my nervous system..." she was very careful to simply hover his hands over the area, allow him to gently graze along them, feel them just a bit in a manner that made her give an adorable tiny whimper as her light faded and he slowly felt them.

After a few moments, he nodded and pulled his hands back, leaving her almost disappointed looking at the sudden lack of stimulation. "Alright, and what is the third area I should keep in mind?"

She turned a soft pink as she shifted in her seat, placing her behind in his view and facing away from him for a moment until her head turned back to keep looking at him. "My...my Cutie marks, Al. they are fairly sensitive to touch more by design than by happenstance of requirement to function like the other two. They are meant to be an...erogenous zone."

And that wasn't the only erogenous zone being presented to him. as he looked down at her posterior, between her tail being pulled up into a bun and the mild excitement of his previous fondling, it seemed she had gotten a bit excited, her tail had peeked up and flagged to one side just enough for him to er...get a look at the goods so to speak.

And they were quite good. she was slightly swollen with arousal, a light shimmering sheen on her lips, the soft, velvety folds white as a fresh snow, save her normal tinge of pink. and speaking of pink, just a tad of the inner folds revealed themselves at a glance. below her pronounces, perfectly tight, unmarred pucker the scent of her in the vehicle was stronger than it had ever been as he could recall. And it was accompanied by more...base, earthy notes. he was oddly reminded of...hay, and flowers for some reason?

His nostrils flared slightly at her scent, and his cheeks practically glowed as she...assumedly unintentionally displayed herself to him, but he did not want to make her feel embarrassed and simply swallowed, nodding as he reached forward and placed a hand gently on each of the suns on her sides, slowly rubbing. "Here, right?"

The sudden, adorable squeal he got as a response was confirmation enough. Though it did help to put any doubts he may have had to bed once he saw her marehood wink at him as he touched her. That was more than enough for him and he withdrew his hands, "O-okayyyyy, I think I have it down now, thank you Tia." he said in a rushed, slightly shaky voice.

She shuffled back around, her own face pink and her expression fairly flustered "O-oh...alright. Thank you, Al. Is something the matter? you seem even more shaken up than I am." she teased gently as she leaned in to rest against him again.

"Oh well, it is just...well, you smell really good. Like....really really nice for some reason." he said as he rubbed at the back of his neck slowly "and well erm...you may have shown me a bit more than your cutie marks without intending to..." he said, figuring with the moment having passed it would be less of a blow to her composure.

This, of course, prompted her to become quite embarrassed with herself. "O-oh dear goodness! I am so sorry Al. I did not mean to present myself to you like that. it's just. your hands felt so nice, and of course, I trust you and have...feelings for you. It is more just an automatic response to the stimulation. I thought I would be able to control myself a bit better, but I think I underestimated just now nice it would feel to have you touch me that way." she said sheepishly, pulling back a bit to give him a bit of space while she explained herself.

He raised his hands up to signal her to stop, smiling down at her as reassuringly as he could manage "N-no Tia, it's fine, really! I understand, and I am partly to blame for letting my hands linger a bit too long, I'd say. And it is;t anything i haven't tried to see before. " he said in a half-joking manner as he reached up to slowly run his hand along the base of her neck soothingly. Without thinking about it, he leans in and gently places a kiss on her cheek while he is at it, humming as he does so.

The kiss seems to freeze her in place under his gentle, skilled hand, her eyes widening a fraction as she leans in and returns the kiss on his cheek, seeming to calm just a bit. His other hand came down to gently trace a finger along the bottom of her muzzle to her chin, looking deeply, gently into her eyes. "You don't need to be embarrassed about yourself with me, okay?" he asked her softly as he continued to soothingly pet her. At that moment, he was getting his first inklings that maybe, yeah, he could see this working.

Tia seemed so...different like this. So vulnerable, like his every word was a tool that he could use to break her down or lift her up. and far be it from him to do anything to hurt her. if her happiness was in his hands, then far be it from him to take it away from her. Knowing that she needed him right now made it far easier for him to put his doubts to the back of his mind and simply...be there for her as he was, as she needed him to be. As she nodded her soft, unsure agreement, he leaned in and, guiding her with the hand under her chin, softly kissed her again, on the lips this time.

The gentle embrace silenced her, and her eyes slowly closed along with his as her hooves slid up to wrap her forelegs around his neck, his own hands coming to wrap around Tia's midsection and pulling her into his lap at the same time as the kiss deepened slightly.

The cramped space of the car, the corny background ambiance, even time itself seemed to all melt away fr the two of them as their lips pressed together more deeply in the little autocab. he heard the soft foof of her wings unfurling quickly as they came around to embrace him as well, her hind legs coming comfortably around his hips to hold him just that little bit closer in his lap while their mouths slowly started to open. Right now, she wasn't Tia, the prim and proper mother he had always needed in his life, the pure, selfless mare who could do no wrong. No, right now, she was a mare-no, a woman, who wanted him, needed him even.

And as much as he might be shy to admit it, being wanted was a very empowering feeling.

They gave a light moan against one another lips, coming away for breath after a few more moments. She panted softly into his ear, whispering to him "A-Al, are you okay with this, w-we can stop if you-eep!" She was cut off by him gently pressing in to kiss her again, his hands wandering her sides until his hands came down to rest on her cutie marks, kneading them firmly, and drawing a much more loud, prolonged moan from her. it seemed that yes, he was very okay with this.

Eventually, all sense of hesitation melted away as well, and their his tongue gently slid against her teeth, prompting a surprised, adorable little squeal from her before she relaxed again and opened herself to it, their tongues slowly, gently dancing against one another as their hearts quickened-"

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"UberAuto Onboard Vital Monitoring has detected a substantial increase in rate of respiration and movement within the cabin, is everything alright?"

The voice chimed in neutrally. it would automatically contact authorities if an answer was not given after three inquiries, to prevent...unfortunate acts from occurring in the closed cabin, and would incapacitate the passengers with a safe, mild sedative. he pulled his lips from those of his Tia and panted softly, answering quickly "Yes, everything is fine, thank you!"

"Thank you. The voice said softly. You will arrive at your destination in approximately five minutes, please make sure that all personal articles and any trash is taken with you upon exit. any personal items left behind will be held in the autodoc misplaced items terminal for a duration not exceeding fourteen business days and can be retrieved by use of Photo ID. Any trash left in the cabin will result in a small cleaning charge being added to your fair. have a wonderful day and thank you for choosing UberAuto." The voice finished its spiel with a small chime as the music began to fade in preparation for the cabin to come to a stop.

The two of them gave a small, resigned sigh and untangled themselves. Aldritch noticed that the scent he had noticed from Tia earlier had become significantly stronger, and felt...a concerningly damp spot just above his crotch. he blushed heavily with embarrassment, thankful that his slacks bore a dark enough color to hide the embarrassing spot from sight. Nothing much to be done about the smell though. But as long as there were not too many other MLP units going in to see the movie, he probably will not arouse any suspicions. heavens knew that Tia certainly seemed aroused enough already.

"W-well, that was certainly...quite invigorating. I am guessing someone is feeling a bit less iffy on the whole thing, hm?" She asked a bit cheekily, giving him a small smirk as she took a small mirror from her saddlebags to make sure that she was still in order, adjusting her hair slightly and sighing with relief to see that her eye shadow was not smudged.

He smiled at her and nodded,d adjusting his own clothing with a shy little smile "I guess you could say that yeah. I er..I wouldn't mind picking up where we left off there a bit later, after the movie if you wanted to, at least." he finished bashfully as he adjusted himself a bit in his seat. What could he say. She had a big, long, flexible tongue and she had certainly been working wonders with it in there.

She smiled a bit wider at this and gave a playful, noncommital shrug "We can see how it goes and play it by ear, handsome, now, let's get ready to get out of this thing."

So they made sure that nothing was left behind, save their inhibitions, and exited the cab and headed towards the entrance of the theater, both ready and excited to see where the day would lead them. After all, the day was still young, and night had yet to come and held the promise of roads untravelled. Roads they would doubtless, with the right motivation, happily walk together.

All that was left to do was the walking.

Author's Note

And another one! things got a little more hot and heavy, but no real action yet! Hope you are all enjoying the buildup ^^